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‘London has a punk attitude – it has enabled somebody like me to emerge in this extremely niche field’: designer Natsai Audrey Chieza
As we interview key figures around London Design Festival 2024, Natsai Audrey Chieza discusses biodesign, previews her ‘Gathering’ lamp, and ponders the role of the festival
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SolidNature and Sabine Marcelis make a splash with ‘The Vondel Fountain, Stacked’ in Amsterdam
We see stone company SolidNature’s fountain unveiled during Amsterdam Fashion Week, and speak to its CEO learn about the brand’s past and future
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Postcard from Paris Design Week 2024
Surrealism, restraint and a beautiful show of Blunk marked the new season of design events in the French capital
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First look: ‘Ash Rise’ – 20 Scottish designers explore the versatility of the blighted native hardwood
A new Edinburgh exhibition addresses the issue of ash dieback with an inventive and optimistic response from Scotland’s design community
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Wallpaper's London Design Festival 2024 itinerary: don’t miss a thing
What to see at London Design Festival 2024 (14 – 22 September), from Annie Frost Nicholson's interactive Juicy Booth to rare furniture designed by Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier
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‘If you’re a designer today, you have to keep learning to keep up’: curator Jane Withers
Jane Withers, curator of London Design Festival 2024’s Brompton Design District, on bringing learning to life at the event, and her drive to spark ecological debate
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Joseph Walsh’s ‘Making In’ design symposium brings global talents to southern Ireland
Making In 2024’s theme – ‘the circle’ – is unpicked by Shigeru Ban, Jeremy Irons, Iris van Herpen and Glenn Adamson
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Design showcase Alcova announces its 2025 locations in Milan
Alcova, the roving design exhibition, will expand its footprint with two new locations in the northern Milan suburb of Varedo – a former factory and ancient greenhouses
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Lego opens its first Superpower Studios at Paris’ La Gaîté Lyrique
In collaboration with Lego’s new Global Play Ambassadors, artists Aurélia Durand, Chen Fenwan and Ekow Nimako, and overseen by Colette co-founder Sarah Andelman, Paris is the site of the first Lego Superpower Studios
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Discover London’s lesser-known design gems with ‘an opinionated guide’
‘An opinionated guide to Design London’ by Sujata Burman and Wallpaper’s Rosa Bertoli is a carefully curated tour of intriguing design spots across the capital
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'To My Ships' is a new personal care brand with a clean conscience
We interview founder Daniel Bense and designers Formafantasma to hear how the brand came to life
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Joe Armitage's new chandelier and lamps are an enlightening take on a family heirloom
Designer Joe Armitage follows his grandfather’s footsteps in India, reissuing his elegant midcentury lamp and creating a new chandelier for Nilufar Gallery
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This remodelled San Francisco family home by MEMarchitecture and Studio Volpe is a masterpiece of soothing modernity
A sensitive and coherent approach by the San Francisco-based architects and designers has resulted in a home of tactile beauty, character and comfort
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Exclusive first look: LightMass^ is a new independent lighting venture by London-based design studio Raw Edges
LightMass^ is the result of experiments in additive technology and bio-based filaments, combined with a drive to create lighting structures with imposing volumes but minimal weight and waste
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First Look: a domestic idyll by Lucy Stark and Fabien Cappello at the Blunk Space
Inspired by the life and times at JB Blunk's haven of a house in Inverness, a new exhibition of paintings and objects has us dreaming of California
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Los Angeles gallery Marta explores the enduring inspiration of grottos with an ethereal, multi-sensory group show
At Marta, guest curator Krista Mileva-Frank exhibits work by 13 contemporary talents that demonstrate how the Renaissance-era grotto continues to fuel our imagination
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Wallpaper* guest editors St. Vincent, Marcio Kogan and Laila Gohar take over the October issue
Wallpaper* October 2024: three guest editors, three covers, on sale now
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London Design Festival announces the recipients of the 2024 London Design Medals
This year’s London Design Medals have been awarded to Pat McGrath DBE, Natsai Audrey Chieza, Harry Blakiston Houston and Rei Kawakubo
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Politics, oil crises and abortion rights infiltrate the optimistic 1970s interiors of Villa Benkemoun
For the 50th anniversary of Villa Benkemoun in Arles, a new exhibition critically explores the year of 1974 through contemporary and historic artworks that antagonise the optimism of its design
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Postcard from Lower Manhattan’s burgeoning gallery district
From Collectible New York 2024 to Tribeca’s expanding gallery district a few blocks north, collectible design abounds this September
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First look: Homo Faber’s 3rd edition ‘The Journey of Life’ opens in Venice
We review the groundbreaking new exhibition, art directed by Luca Guadagnino and Nicolò Rosmarini, of more than 800 crafted objects from around the world at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini
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R & Company surveys American design and craft in Objects: USA triennial exhibition
The New York gallery, R & Company, has collaborated with curators Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and Kellie Riggs to create an expansive overview of contemporary making in America
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First Look: The Orjola collection of rugs by Nice Projects for Tigmi is a meeting of minds, hands and hearts
A collaboration between Australian sisters and Nepalese weavers celebrates the power of the human hand in a collection of rugs that feel wonderful under foot
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Behind the scenes: how the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torches, Rings, and Agitos came to life
ArcelorMittal’s three-part video series offers a first look behind the scenes of how the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic creative vision was ignited
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22 bird houses come home to roost in ‘Dwellings’ at South London Gallery
As a new show opens this weekend in London, exploring the concept of the bird house, we interview one of its curators, Andu Masebo (not via Twitter)
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Arrernte artist Alfred Lowe wins 2024 Shelley Simpson Ceramic Prize with Mud Australia
Mud Australia has awarded Alfred Lowe its annual ceramics prize for his keenly political and visually unique pieces
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Singapore Design Week 2024: what to see at one of Asia’s premier design festivals
Singapore Design Week 2024 (26 September to 6 October) brings a vibrant roster of artists and galleries ‘who shape our society through design… and enhance how we experience life’
